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Airport Sting

Published Sept. 27, 2012

Passenger X-Ray

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A close look at an X-ray scan of a passenger who was selected to go through the Body Scanner for additional screening at the El Dorado Airport in Bogota. The Body Scanner workers examine the scans for cocaine pellets.

Commanding the Terminal

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Fredy Delgado, the Major and Antinarcotics Company Commander at El Dorado Airport, outside of the Avianca terminal.

Drug Mule Watch

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DEA Agents, "Liam" and "Jack", watch for drug mules passing through the security gate checkpoint from behind a one-way glass at the Cali International Airport.

Loading Passengers

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An Avianca airplane is positioned at the terminal, ready to load passengers on board at the El Dorado International airport in Bogota.

Inspecting Luggage

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DEA Agents "Liam" and "Jack" partner with the Colombian National Police to check and stop illegal drug smuggling via luggage.

Searching For Drugs

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A Colombian National Police Officer inspects a bag at El Dorado International Airport in Bogota Colombia.

Swift Arrest

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Victor Manuel-Ramirez Montana gets arrested by our DEA team with the help of the Junglas Commando Team in Cali, Colombia

Sting Operation

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DEA Agent "Carl" and the Junglas Commando Team head out in Cali, Colombia to take down various members of a drug smuggling ring.

Colombian Street

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The city of Cali, Colombia, one of the most beautiful and most dangerous cities in Colombia - known for high levels of drug trafficking.

Finding Cocaine

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The anti-narcotic swipe turns blue, revealing that the white powder found in a suitcase is positive for cocaine.

Plane Sweep

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DEA Agent, "Jack" gets people off the plane safely in Miami after "Liam" quietly arrested Wally.

Suspicious Suitcase

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A Colombian National Police Officer breaks a part the walls and compartments of a questionable suitcase that was sniffed by the dogs as a potential cocaine smuggling suitcase.

Tricky Test

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Liquid cocaine is extracted from the climbing rope of an American and tested for cocaine or heroin.

Hidden Cocaine

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A climbing rope is cut open and the oozing liquid is tested to see if it contains cocaine.

Caught With Drugs

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DEA Agents, "Liam" and "Jack", question a drug mule who was caught smuggling cocaine hidden in a blue climbing rope in the Cali International Airport.

Swallowed Cocaine

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DEA Special Agent "Liam" detects and points out up to 100 ingested cocaine pellets on the x-ray body image of a passenger boarding an international flight.

Testing Positive

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The liquid inside the rope turns blue, revealing that it is positive for cocaine.

Bogota Airport

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A Colombian National Police Officer stands outside the Police Garrison at El Dorado International Airport in Bogota, Colombia, one of the most drug trafficked airports in the world.

Full Body Scan

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The latest technology body scanner machine at El Dorado International. The common form of drug smuggling via ingesting cocaine pellets, will be detected by this high tech facility.